A bridge manufacturing company plans to locate in Washington County, Va., and bring with it 32 new jobs over the next three years.
Big R Bridge – which develops engineered solutions in steel bridges, corrugated metal structures, retaining wall systems and corrugated pipe – will invest $1.9 million to locate at the former Lynchburg Steel facility in Washington County. The company will manufacture prefabricated bridge parts.
A beverage distribution center that employs 45 will become the first tenant in the newest phase of the Oak Park Center for Business and Industry.
W&B Fabricators, Inc., a manufacturer of mining machinery and equipment, will invest $3.1 million to establish an operation in Rocky Gap.
Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday announced that Virginia Produce Company, a family-owned agricultural produce wholesaler located in Hillsville, will more than quadruple the size of its operating facility and create 75 new full-time positions.
During the three-year project, Virginia Produce will invest more than $2.54 million in capital improvements and buy an additional $12 million of produce from Virginia farms.
Classic Creations Screen Printing will create 55 jobs and invest $1.4 million in a facility in Carroll County Industrial Park, according to a Tuesday announcement by CEO Keith Sanders.
In a crowded board of supervisors room, Sanders noted that he chose Hillsville and Carroll County as the location for his startup business due to the quality workforce that’s available here and the help he’s gotten from local and state representatives over the last 14 months. When he reached out to communities in Virginia and North Carolina, Sanders quickly could see that Carroll was the place to go.
